Urgent please help: study abroad spring semester (hk)
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anyone?
Do you speak Cantonese fluently? You won't be able to get a banking internship in HK if you don't.
That's the first hurdle to consider before even looking into this
I do not speak cantonese. I previously thought that u can use english to be able to work in hk? I'm sorry if my understanding is wrong
Cantonese is not a prerequisite at any level of hiring. Interviews are also conducted in English for the better part. I've spent a good deal of time working in and with top investment banking and private equity firms in HK and only a handful of colleagues speak Cantonese (let alone fluency).
HK is often used as the headquarters for Asia ex-Japan so Cross Border deals are common. Whilst English is generally the mode of communication, it would be easier to break in if you knew an Asian language (Mandarin, Korean and sometimes even Japanese).
I don't know if that's true....maybe for firms conducting interviews in the US?
I live in Australia and the banks regularly recruit for IB in HK - they fly down to Sydney and conduct interviews there. For all (to my knowledge) banks, candidates for IB (this is for SA - assuming the same for FT) have to take a written Cantonese test (and pass) to be considered for the position.
That's highly unlikely because Cantonese is a dialect and there is no written form. The written form is mandarin.
Thank you for everyone. I do speak a decent Mandarin. My main point is most asia recruting (sophomore) would be done in the fall. So when i am in hk in the spring , im planning to network and get an internship with small banks in hk (the question is idk you can still find internship with spring deadline in hk/asia?) or find one with small banks in ny (need to do phone/skype interview). This is a situation for going abroad sophomore spring. But if i go in junior fall, i would be in hk in time for asia recruiting, but my plan is to intern in asia for soph summer and in ny for junior summer. So, being in hk in junior fall don't actually have much weigh. Since junior fall is when companies come to school(lots of networking events) and thus i do not want to go away during junior fall and miss out. Do you think when is the best time to go abroad ? Soph spring or junior fall? Thanks!!!
any boutique bank in hk recommended?
any thought? thanks!
I can't answer whether or not it would be a good idea because I don't know what recruiting will be like, but my guess is it will be very competitive and you'd unnecessarily put yourself in a bad position by going in spring, maybe missing out and then having to try get a us internship from hk. I'd personally try to get a hk internship from the us and if that doesn't work, intern in the us soph and junior years and then get a ft offer and then go to hk in your senior year and just enjoy yourself
Come to HK, learn, meet people, travel and have fun, seriously, enjoy your time here, because this place is awesome and who knows when you'll have this kind of fun opportunity again. You can network your way in to some internship, I am sure. It might be for free...but do you know that there are definitely HFs and PE funds that take interns as well, so that's an idea... And if you don't get an internship? That's ok. Hopefully you will have met friends and contacts who can help you out later.
And no Cantonese is definitely NOT needed here. Most of the demand is for Mandarin speakers, if that. And for those positions people usually want native speakers or at least fluent ones (Mainland/Taiwanese clients). Although Cantonese is the true local language and spoken by the vast majority of people (over 90% of this place's population is Chinese and most of them are from here), there is not a ton done here in Cantonese big business-wise that will be of concern to you or most global banks/brokerages etc. So don't worry about that (it would help with some local networking but really not a big deal.)
Good Luck
PS - you can always get an internship off-cycle sometime and graduate a semester (or year) late. Wish someone had told me that as a graduate...
Thank you so much everyone! So, i would really appreciate it if anyone knows how getting an internship offer from small boutique banks/PE/HF in hong kong works? Also, any thought about going abroad soph spring or junior fall? I know if going in junior fall I would miss lots of info sessons and networking events , thus I decided to go in the soph spring but then againn I am worrying about finding a soph summer internship in hk. Anyone familiar with the process? thank you very much!
small places are all about networking. If you don't know anyone, try to meet people. If you don't then look places up, email, and call them asking for a coffee. Literally. If you get an internship, who cares about missing information sessions? People don't get too much out of them besides meeting some people in the end.
Once again. Breathe... In... Out... In... Out... You'll be fine,
Good luck
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